editors’ translation

[1789]

No, my dear sister, you will not demand that I return your letter. It gave me too
much pleasure, and it would be a great sacrifice. Write to me now and then, and since,
I hope, there will no longer be any jealousy and quarrel between us, we will keep
our letters. I am grateful to La Charière for having tried to bring us back together. In doing so, she gave me a great proof
of her friendship, because I could not be perfectly happy with you, given such indifference.
I have not changed. No, my dear sister, I have not. I still love you the same, but
I could not caress you as much as I would have liked, because I saw that you greeted
me coldly. Now it will not be the same, and since we are assured of our friendship,
we will always live happily. Farewell, my dear and tender sister whom I will love
all my life. Do not forget me and be assured that I will always love you